I dunno I think it's pretty dam easy out of the box! I mean, I don't have to worry about creating windows or menus or buttons or fields from scratch, someone did that for me already. I don't even have to think about how to get text from the user, manage memory, etc it all just works. I didn't think the learning curve was all that steep, but then I came from a Hypercard background, so I already kind of "got it". The hard thing for me was dealing with databases.
By frameworks I take it you mean a system of methods and procedures? I have not looked at the GLX2 framework, although I do have it. I should check it out. Maybe I am reinventing the wheel. If it will help me design better forms and such, that would be great. I am terrible at creating good looking forms. Bob On May 5, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Pete wrote: > As a relatively new user (couple of years), I wholeheartedly agree with the > framework concept. LC touts itself as being easy to use because of its > English syntax but the reality is that its learning curve is extremely > steep. I'm pretty sure there's a large number of people out there who have > simply given up on it for that reason and that's sad, because LC really is a > pretty remarkable development tool. > > One of Trevor's key phrases is "the developer only has to focus on > code specific to their application". That's the crux of the matter to me. > I don't want to have to spend time on implementing standard > edit functions like cut, copy, paste, select all, undo even though once I've > made my version of that code I can reuse it. I want that functionality to > just be there so I can use the small amount of brain power I have on > figuring out how to implement the logic of my application. > > If there's ever a project to develop some sort of open source framework for > LC, count me in! > > Pete > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
